A happy ending to a previously reported story.

May 7, 2013

By Rochelle Baker, Abbotsford Times

Abbotsford police have identified the three youths who attacked a nesting goose, leaving it bloodied and injured last week.

As a result, a conservation officer contacted the three teenage boys, two aged 16 and one 17, and their parents, said Const. Ian MacDonald, who described the attack as sickening.

Elizabeth Melnick, who runs the wildlife rescue centre, said Monday the bird continued to care for her eggs despite her injuries, and Sunday afternoon yielded a happy ending.

Some of the four eggs in the nest hatched, and the mall’s security team escorted the goose, her mate and their goslings by foot through traffic to Mill Lake, said Melnick.

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By Brendan Kuty
on May 05, 2013 at 11:00 AM

 
Photo by Brendan Kuty) 

The bald eagle Roxbury's animal control officer saved about a month ago has died.

Sue Blanchard rescued the bird from dying in the woods after a fight with another bald eagle April 9. But it was found dead in her aviary, or large enclosure, Friday afternoon at Raptor Trust in Millington, according to the nonprofit's education director Lauren Butcher.

The bird most likely died from kidney failure due to an infection caused by injuries from the fight, Butcher said.

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The Nest has become a local attraction in Hamden.

You may not notice it just passing by, but an eagles nest has people flocking to State Street in Hamden to catch a glimpse of the rare birds.
 
“I come a lot, but we come at least a couple times a week to see and now we know that there are two babies they think and the mom and dad,” said Candi Looney.

 People say they've seen the birds flying around and lately have seen at least one eagle standing guard at the nest at all times, watching their young as people come to watch them.

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By Christine Tam Global News

Abbotsford police are searching for a group of youths who were caught on camera brutally attacking a nesting goose in a shopping mall parkade last weekend.

Const. Ian MacDonald said the disturbing attack took place at Sevenoaks Shopping Centre either late Friday night or early Saturday morning.

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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service special agency Dan Rolince told The Virginian-Pilot (http://bit.ly/18hXA3S ) that the birds showed traces of the chemical in their system. The chemical was not identified.

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Sgt. Steve Garvis said authorities believe the eagles' deaths were accidental. A sixth eagle survived.

"We sometimes see one or two poisoned birds, but six? And with five dying? That's unheard of," said Randy Huwa, executive vice president of the Wildlife Center of Virginia, a renowned animal-care clinic in Waynesboro.

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by Ron Popowski and Kathleen Clark

Bald eagle soaring over New Jersey's Cape May National Wildlife Refuge.

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